Hiking trail named for Don Graham

 

Looking for a Forever Loving Home

Still a young fella, this Husky Mix was rescued just over a week ago in the Riverside Heights area. Small for a husky, he is brown with tan &white markings and is extremely friendly. He has one beautiful blue eye & one beautiful brown eye. 

Two advertised dogs (and one we didn’t advertise) were adopted this past week. The four year old ‘pretty lady’ shepherd & the little brown shepherd husky mix have found homes!

Still looking…large Hound mix (PIc 4),  young Yellow Lab mix male (Pic 3) (Adopted as of Sunday, February 10)

Seven year old, White Shepherd male named Casper (Pic 2), & special needs Bull dog (not pictured).

Interested in adopting a dog??? Call Kevin at the South Dundas Animal Shelter at 613-543-2980 to find out what dogs are available and to arrange a meeting. This could be one of the best phone calls you will ever make!!!

Join our Facebook family at South Dundas Pet Rescue. We are now pushing 1,500 Facebook contacts!

The South Dundas Shelter is always in need of blankets, towells, dog beds, bowls, collars etc. Thanks to the support of the Morrisburg Animal Hospital, these items can now be dropped off there. Anyone wishing to donate money to help with the support of the animals, particularly with the purchase of their food, can do so by cheque made out to the Municipality of South Dundas and specifically marked for the use of the shelter. Rescued dogs are kept by the municipality for four days after which they are signed over to Kevin Casselman (the municipality's animal control officer) who tries, on his own and with the help of a small group of dog lovers,  to find them homes. 

This is a public service column. The Leader accepts no responsibility for the dogs or the adoption process.

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Your house is on fire and you’ve just called 911. How would you feel knowing that the dispatcher failed to “page out the call” to the fire department? This is just one of the issues with the current South Dundas township’s dispatch system.

At the October 4th meeting of the South Dundas council, South Dundas Fire Chief Chris McDonough reported on the state of the township’s dispatch system and recommended a solution to council.

According to McDonough, the fire department is “currently being dispatched by Christie Walther also know as Canpage Communications.” He provided a list of issues with the dispatch company that impacted the safety of South Dundas residents, including outdated equipment, unreliable personnel, and failure to follow procedures.

For these reasons, he did “joint research with South Glengarry and South Stormont” and it has been concluded that the city of Brockville is the answer.

He told council that the “cost is a little higher, but service is far better.”

McDonough explained that “the expedient and accurate handling of fire calls is a significant factor in the successful outcome of an incident.”

It was reported that “the Brockville Fire Department currently renovated their dispatch centre and purchased a new Crisys Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD).”

According to Crisys Limited, they were “created for the sole purpose of developing the most advanced decision-support systems possible for responding to urgent requests for assistance.”

McDonough recommended that the township “enter into a five year agreement with the City of Brockville to provide a 24/7 Professional Fire Dispatch system, including voice paging system, 2-way radio communications, computer automated dispatch and the Crisys electronic reporting system.”

The recommended system will cost $42,596.54 the first year, which includes $18,163.54 for dispatch, $13,333 for the wireless internet link, and $11,100 for the Crisys reporting system.

The wireless internet link, which costs a total of $40,000 per year, is being divided among the three townships of South Dundas, South Stormont, and South Glengarry for a total of $13,333 each.

The cost for the second year will be $36,236.54 with a 5 per cent increase for each of the following three years left in the contract.

Councillor Archie Mellan was impressed with how the new system would “greatly enhance response time.”

Councillor Evonne Delegarde commented that it seems like a “far superior system” and that it makes sense to “spend the extra money to have a better system.”

The chief agreed, adding that “they’re on top of everything” and “we’ll be able to predict our boundaries a lot sharper – right to the longitude and latitude – very specific.” 

Mayor Steven Byvelds remarked that “the thing this demonstrates is the cooperation of the municipalities.”

The council agreed with Chief McDonough’s recommendation and the current provider will be given a 90 day notice.

McDonough predicts that the “GPS and fire department data will be entered and the equipment installed and tested by December 1, 2011” and that “the system will go live January 2012.”

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Ontario Power Generation’s Ottawa/St. Lawrence Plant Group advises users of the St. Lawrence River, including recreational boaters and anglers, that the gates raised for the passage of recreational boat traffic through the Iroquois Control Dam, will be lowered from September 24 to October 26, 2012 inclusive.  

This is for the installation of new marine navigation beacons, warning signs, and safety lighting, and is a public safety initiative related to the passage of small boats through these gates.  

Boaters are advised that they must use the Iroquois Lock for passage during this period.

This notification is in accordance with the operating regulations of the International St. Lawrence River Board of Control.

Ontario Power Generation would like to remind all users of the river to take every precaution around its dams and generating stations across Ontario and to practice safety on Ontario’s waterways.

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